6 left turns on what is clearly a busy street that has people driving at multiple rates of speed, making it hard to judge when to turn. I mean, there are obviously people going way too fast and then people driving way too slow on that road he’s attempting to cross. So let’s not act like this is a 1/3 chance of the car…

Because object detection, from an overhead perspective, is FAR simpler and more accurate than object detection at ground level — every object is neatly distinct and without any overlap. So instead of learning how to crawl, walk, run, and fly all at the same time, while still working out how to see and understand, too,…

Just make autonomous cars Johnny Cabs. Anything else, drive yourself. This hybrid system is dangerous and stupid. If you can be trusted to drive then you should be driving. The idea that a half involved person should be ready to react to negative road conditions the moment control is forced over by the computer is…

Am I surprised by this? No. It’s a BETA. The real issue is with with Tesla’s marketing of it as Autopilot.

I was thinking something high enough to avoid overpasses altogether. A few feet up isn’t enough of a change in POV to relay radically different data for image processing, object detection, etc. And maybe a per-car drone isn’t even the right approach. That’s an awful lot of air congestion and pretty wasteful. Obviously…

and volvo markets their cars as the safest and subaru loves to brag about ppl getting in wrecks and walking away.... and subaru shows a commercial where the car refuses to crash into a barrier.

on my soapbox;

We’ve all seen people on the road do far, far worse than the Tesla managed. It looks like it’s in the 50th percentile of drivers right now. Still a ways to go.

...this combination scenario makes me wonder if the stop-gap solution to autonomous vehicles is a secondary aerial input for the system. It’s pretty obvious the methods currently being employed don’t reliably give the AI enough of the right information needed to safely operate. A small drone feeding it overhead data…

Turning the steering wheel left while stopped is a serious hazard! The wheels should remain straight ahead until the turn is initiated. If the vehicle is rear-ended with the front wheels turned, it will enter the oncoming lanes of traffic.

That looks somewhat better than the human drivers around here.

It’s great they do this, not only because unprotected left turns are a challenge for the machine, but because they’re dangerous, in general. Humans should try to avoid them, too.

Me three on this one. I don’t know if that’s taught any more though as most of the time I see people setting up for their left turns like this.

Unprotected left turns are probably one of the hardest challenge autonomous cars have. That’s why even the Waymo cars (pretty much the best in the industry) avoid them whenever possible. People who have ridden them have noticed that is why the routes are longer than expected: the car would be willing to take a very…

Am I the only one bothered by the fact that the car is angled into traffic and the wheel is turned waiting for the opportunity to make the left turn?

I watched the first 3 turns then thought the video was done with a few seconds left.

Agreed here, the click-baity title aside (nerve-wracking would have been a better choice instead of terrifying) I think this is what we want to see in our early stage auto-piloting footage, cautious leaning towards confident.

“seriously terrifying", “bursts of traffic” , “dicey” , “it just goes”.......I’m so scared of the Robot Overlords

It doesn’t seem to be doing anything wrong, per se. But the fact that the vehicle would make a different decision than me, and the rest of my body wouldn’t be prepared for the acceleration and turn, would likely result in frustration. And nausea.

you’re right. that’s a perfectly cromulent work truck. i’m biased against vehicles with raw materials strapped all over them driving in the middle lane. i’ll work on it.